NZ Green MP Golriz Ghahraman has been accused of “shar[ing] the modern-day blood libel” and peddling “a vicious lie designed to smear the Jewish state” when she accused Israel of deliberately excluding Palestinians from its COVID-19 vaccine roll-out. Ghahraman shared on Instagram the claim that Israel is “a world leader in medical apartheid” for “excluding the 5 million Palestinians it occupies” from the vaccine.
As David Farrar showed, the claim is not just an anti-Semitic smear, but an outright lie. Not only is Israel not responsible for healthcare in Palestinian territory, but the Palestinian Authority has also declined to ask for Israeli-made vaccines in favour of Russian-made.
One wonders if Golriz – who has also recently retweeted material comparing Europeans to insects – will be similarly scathing of the Lebanese government?
Al Bayan reports that Lebanon has no plans to vaccinate Palestinians who have lived there for over seven decades.
Lebanon has been signing agreements with various pharmaceutical companied to obtain vaccines for its population, starting in early February.
Yet they have not announced any plans on how these vaccines will be distributed in Lebanon’s overcrowded Palestinian “refugee” camps, which have become even more crowded since the Syrian civil war forced many more people of Palestinian ancestry to move in.
The UN isn’t bothering to help, either.
Palestinians in Lebanon only have limited access to Lebanese health services, and rely on UNRWA for their health needs. But UNRWA is not stepping up […]
No one is making any concrete plans on distribution of vaccines in the 12 UNRWA camps in Lebanon.
UNRWA closed its 28 health facilities in Lebanon on Thursday as the nation went on lockdown, causing great anger among Palestinians. They plan to re-open tomorrow.
Nearly 4000 Palestinians have tested positive for COVID-19 in Lebanon, and 145 Palestinians have died so far.
Still, it shouldn’t be expected for poor little Golriz to shoulder the burden of “calling out” Lebanon, given that none of her fellow leftists seem willing to, either.
There has not been a single article in The Guardian or Reuters or CNN or the New York Times about this situation. No “human rights” NGOs are up in arms about this. No one is castigating Lebanon for not taking care of the people who live in Lebanon.
Elder of Ziyon
Well, why would they say anything? They can’t blame the Jews, this time, after all.
Please share this article so that others can discover The BFD